Race Free Weekend

We avoided the race scene this weekend. End of the month poverty forced me to even skip the Brockton 5K Sunday morning. Food seemed like a better option as a use for the $20. Saturday morning we had a little blogger mountain bike ride at Blue Hills, with Gewilli coming up from Providence to join KL and I. CTodd was snowed in at Montreal airport, and Zoo didn't make it either. There was not a cloud in the sky, so the views of Emerald City from the top of Big Blue were quite nice. The same can't be said for the condition of the trails though. The trail system, which confines MTB's to certain areas of the reservation, is looking quite overused and what used to be sweet trails now consist almost entirely of exposed rock. Still fun, but it's a shame they don't open up the Chickatawbut side and spread out the use a little.



Sunday KL and I continued the MTB theme with a trip down to Freetown State Forest. This time I brought my crappy old camera, yet I failed to take any pictures of the people training sled dogs (they have sleds with wheels) or the enduro crazies we shared the trails with in the ORV-friendly facility. At least there is no hunting on Sundays in Mass. The trails at Freetown are all flat, but very gnarly. I won't say technical, because there isn't really a specific line you need to follow; you just forge your way along, bounding over watermelon sized boulders for as long as you can make it. There was some bike-a-hiking involved for sure, but all in all it was almost three hours of fun at 5 mph. Here are a few lame pics, including my attempts at the Gewilli panda shot (who made that up anyway?). Thanks for reading.